Wednesday 28 October 2015 14:06, UK
Jose Maria Marin, the former head of the Brazilian Football Confederation, has agreed to be extradited to the United States, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice has announced.
Marin was among seven officials from football's world governing body FIFA who were arrested in May at their Zurich hotel after being indicted on corruption charges in the United States.
The 83-year-old, who was the head of the organisation committee for the 2014 World Cup finals, is accused of having taken bribes in connection with sports marketing rights and had until now fought his extradition.
Marin is the second of those arrested to agree to his extradition, following Jeffrey Webb's decision back in July - five further officials continue to oppose the extradition order.
He "must be placed in the custody of a US police escort and taken to the USA within 10 days", according to a statement from the ministry.
Marin was appointed to the 2014 World Cup role after the resignation of Ricardo Teixeira, who was implicated in a previous FIFA scandal for taking million-dollar kickbacks from World Cup broadcasting deals.
At the time of his arrest, Marin was involved in FIFA's organisation of the football tournament for the 2016 Olympics in Rio next summer.
Marin faces 20 years in prison if found guilty.
